John Dewey was a pragmatist, progressivist, educator, philosopher, and social reformer
(Gutek, 2014). Dewey's various roles greatly impacted education and he was perhaps one of …

Though public subsidisation of many social and economic services is a common feature of
most countries of the world, of late with increasing budgetary constraints, many began …

This paper analyses the role of rankings as an instrument of new managerialism. It shows
how rankings are reconstituting the purpose of universities, the role of academics and the …

A groundbreaking classic that lays out and defends a democratic theory of education Who
should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the …

We are living in a defining moment, when the world in which teachers do their work is
changing profoundly. In his latest book, Hargreaves proposes that we have a one-time …

We spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a
step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education—what exactly …

Fieldwork in Educational Settings is widely recognised as part of the essential reading for
the researcher in education. It instructs those new to qualitative educational research how to …

This article is based on a keynote paper presented to the European Conference on
Educational Research (ECER), University College Dublin, 5–9 September 2005. The …

This chapter will discuss distributive values: how educational opportunities should be
distributed; it will only be concerned with the education of children. The discussion will be …

Helen Gunter is Senior Lecturer within the School of Education at the University of
Birmingham. Before entering higher education Helen was a secondary school teacher …